My computer crashed, but fortunately I still have the old system disk intact.
How can I transfer the site definitions for Dreamweaver that are somewhere in the old system disk's registry?
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I would like to create a temporary copy of a network file while actively working on it in our application which is a Windows desktop application. I am concerned about folder-redirection and potentially Citrix as some of our users employ these.
After some analysis of Microsoft Word, I have discovered that it writes its local cache of a network file into %AppData%\Local\Microsoft\Windows\INetCache\Content.MSO (in Windows 10).
I have read this former post Internet Explorer Cache Location that says to check the registry key:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\User Shell Folders\Cache
to be sure of where temporary internet files are stored on the local machine.
I would anticipate creating a subfolder of the "temporary internet files" folder named essentially Content.MyApplicationName, as Microsoft appears to do.
So my question is whether this is indeed the best place to store a local cache of a network file while working on it, allowing for the possibility that folder-redirection could have been employed on the machine.
It would appear some major changes have occurred in Windows 8.1, specifically how files can be backed up for a factory reset. Normally I would make a backup of all personal files with "Windows Easy Transfer" then format the OS to a base Windows install. At which point I could run "Windows Easy Transfer" and restore all my files to my freshly formatted PC without issue.
Now in Windows 8.1 it would appear you can no longer make a backup of your current PC and Microsoft has stated that they are no longer supporting easy transfer. So what is the best way to make a backup of your personal files before doing a reset in Windows 8.1. The current OS has some nasty viruses and a refresh doesn't seem appropriate do to the current state of the OS. So I would like to perform a reset (factory reset) and restore the files onto my fresh install.
I have been looking at "File History" which appears to be Microsoft's new way of backing up files but I can't find any information about how or if you can recover all your files from "File History" on a new OS. All the information I see points to recovering a file on the current OS if the file is deleted or damaged.
I like many others really liked the safety and catch all of using easy transfer. I have made backups of files only to find I missed a folder here or there and can never get said files back. That issue was eliminated with "Windows Easy Transfer" and now with that being gone my goal is to find the safest/best solutions.
As of Windows 8.1 "Windows Easy Transfer" only transfers one way and can no longer be used to backup your data to move to a new system or restoring your data after a factory reset.
As of Windows 7 and up you can setup "File History" to an external drive or network drive. This can be used to backup your files and restore them to your new system. After making a backup of your files, which could take a while, you can verify the content of your backup folder
(Drive Letter):\(User)\(PC Name)\Data\C\Users
After you have verified the contents you can safely format your system. After your system is back up simply go to your "File History" settings and select the drive you stored your backup on. The system will see that a previous backup was made and ask you if you want to restore the files before making a backup.
My computer has Windows 7 installed. When using VS2010 for a solution stored locally, it is really fast. Design mode is totally responsive and has zero lag. But when I open a solution that is stored on a network drive that is on the same network as me, I can barely use VS2010. I can't even resize a window in design mode without the computer hanging. The computer is brand new too: 6-core i7-3930K and 16 GB of RAM with an SSD.
Any ideas?
I believe this is because anything you do is being temporarily saved in files in your solution's directory. This allows you do undo changes (CTRL-Z), and also helps in case the program crashes and you didn't save your project (It can recover what you were doing this way).
So basically, everytime you type something, resize something etc etc, each of those changes are being saved in your solutions folder on your network drive, which is much slower than your local hard disk.
I've found some remnant documents on one of my hard drives that were somehow encrypted (appearing green in Windows 7 Ultimate x64).
I've attempted to uncheck Encryption in their properties, but I get access denied. I've figured this to be because the files were from a previous format/iteration of my desktop setup, and must have somehow inadvertently gotten encrypted. (I now believe it had something to do with transferring them at one point onto a Mac machine/drive, and then back, not realizing that they were encrypted until post-format).
I originally posted in this question that I thought I had a VMware image from the same time period as the files, and that perhaps it'd be possible to transfer the key from that image to my current machine, but that image is not the right one! :/ I don't have an image that goes back further.
I've tried copying the files to a FAT32 USB drive (as it would strip the encryption), but Windows 7 denies that (understandably). And as expected, trying to drag/copy the files from my current machine onto the VMware running machine also gets denied, as VMware is running within Win7's domain and rules.
Any ideas? What about booting my current machine off of a linux live USB stick, and then attempting to copy the NTFS encrypted files onto a FAT32 partition (thus removing the encryption) -- Would that work, seeing as how Windows wouldn't be "awake" to prohibit copying?
I found a zip archive where these files originated from. Whenever I extracted them, however, they'd appear green. Sure enough, there's also a MACOSX folder in the zip file (no idea why Windows decides to encrypt anything that's coming from a Mac).
I was able to copy the zip file onto the old VMware image of mine and extract the zip file there. It still came up as encrypted, but right clicking the folder, clicking properties, and unchecking Encryption fully decrypted the folder and files!
I'd assume that even though this VMware image's machine name was different from the user record within the file's encryption information, it likely was actually the same, originating machine and subsequent encryption certificates.
Anyway, I was able to copy the decrypted files back, and now the problem's solved!
I admit this is not strictly a programming question, although I do use my WHS as a source repository server for home projects, and I'm guessing many other coders here do as well.
Does anyone have a recommendation for a good backup solution for the non-fileshare portion of Windows Home Server? All the WHS backups I've seen handle the fileshares, but none of the system files or other administrative stuff on the box.
Thanks,
Andy
Windows Home Server is designed to not need a backup of the OS. If your system drive fails, install a new drive, and then boot the WHS OS setup disc and install the OS. It will find the data on the other drives and recreate all the shared folders. You do need to do some configuring once it is back up but that is pretty small compared to not having to back it up.
One good solution for backing up the home server itself is to attach an external drive, say via USB 2.0 or eSATA. For this to work, though, you need the supporting software like Norton Ghost or something similar installed on your WHS server.
Windows Home Server Power Pack 1 (aka WHS PP1) added a feature to perform backups of the WHS shared folders to an external drive -- as you mention, this feature is only intended to do the data side and not the OS.
If you have an HP MediaSmart server, you could try the method mentioned in Quick & Easy Windows Home Server Backup and Restore. The author said it worked for him, but of course, caveat emptor. This technique has you creating a disk-image for your backup, and using that to restore from in the Recovery Disk / Restore disk process.
If you want a faster way to recover your OS and you do not have a Media Smart server, you can also check out these instructions on how to use a USB flash drive for installing WHS, and merge in the instructions found above for restoring a disk image vis-à-vis the OS Recovery disk process.
WHS OS backup solved by running two copies of WHS each on its own computer in a virtual machine with each WHS backing up the other (running in a VM makes the WHS a file thus able to be backed up and restored by WHS).
iDrive is Great and free under 2 gigs